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A Model 4 (G HMK 4406) Mobile Harbour Crane from Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf hired to Riga Natie in the Port of Antwerp for handling steel. |
Düsseldorf, 5. Dezember 2007 – You Name it, We Crane it – it is with this claim that Gottwald Port Technology (Gottwald), the world market leader in Mobile Harbour Cranes, started the year 2006, and opened a completely new chapter in the history of Mobile Harbour Crane technology with the introduction of Generation 5.
As a reminder: Gottwald Generation 5 Harbour Crane Models 6, 7 and 8 are built as Mobile Harbour, Portal Harbour and Floating Cranes with lifting capacities of up to 200 tonnes and working radii of up to 56 metres for terminals and ships of all sizes and for all applications, based on a standard design principle using many identical parts. For these models, Gottwald offers a wide range of versatile variants to meet individual customer requirements in terms of crane type, lifting capacity, hoist speed and drive power. The combination of types and a broad range of variants, together with a well-conceived advance-order programme, allow for highly individual solutions, coupled with short delivery lead-times.
Numerous customers throughout the world are now profiting from this ground-breaking new approach, which has been very well received on the market. Gottwald customers have placed their trust in Generation 5 cranes some 79 times (end of September) since their introduction.
Designed in a compact and functional manner, the Harbour Crane Model 4 offers, besides 100 tonnes capacity up to 22 metres, a working radius of up to 46 metres, hoist speeds of up to 100 m/min and a 40-tonne grab curve in A7 classification or 34-tonne grab curve in A8 classification.
The crane thus meets the requirements of universal and special terminals and can serve ships up to the Panamax class. At the same time, Model 4 is attractive for terminals that, on account of their size and development potential, are already anticipating larger cargo-handling volumes and increasing annual operating hours for discharging equipment.
With the Model 4 Harbour Crane, Gottwald is presenting cargo-handling equipment that ranks
eminently among the range of models in Generation 5, and in addition to its compact overall design,
offers many versatile benefits in its application:
As versatile as possible, no larger than necessary.
First Customer References – Four Model 4 Mobile Harbour Cranes for Ports in Belgium, Spain and India
Clearly, Model 4 exists not only on the drawing board, but now also in the Ports of Antwerp
(Belgium) and Ferrol in the northern Spanish province of Galicia. Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf, a
Gottwald customer of many years in Antwerp, commissioned a G HMK 6407 Model 6 Mobile Harbour Crane
in spring 2007 and, at the same time, opted to purchase a
100-tonne Model 4 Mobile Harbour Crane, a G HMK 4406. The new Model 4 went into service in
the Port of Antwerp in mid-September. And – depending on what is needed – will handle containers
and general cargo.
A further new Model 4 Mobile Harbour Crane, a G HMK 4406, was handed over at Terminales Maritimas de Galicia in the Port of Ferrol, where it mainly loads wind power plant components
Model 4 also attracted Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NEC) from India, which ordered two G HMK 4406 Mobile Harbour Cranes. The two new Gottwald cranes will handle containers and bulk materials by motor grab and steel by coil hook in the Port of Krishnapatnam, some 180 km north of Chennai. Colonel Puri, the Director of NEC, had the following to say on the award of the contract to Gottwald: "We are convinced that we made the right decision when we ordered the two cranes from the new Generation 5 and that, with them, we will get the best possible value for our outlay. That is above all because, with Gottwald products, we can expect the lowest total cost of ownership and the highest level of reliability."
“So Model 4 of the new Generation 5 has got off to a very good start on the market," says Di Lisa, Gottwald’s Sales Director. “We have clearly met the requirements of our customers with this crane in the 100-tonne class. One and a half year after its introduction, Generation 5 is well on the way to following in the successful footsteps of its predecessors."
For several years now, Gottwald has been successfully combining proven Mobile Harbour Crane technology, used in connection with a tyre-mounted chassis for more than 50 years, with a portal and/or a barge. And, as a consequence, is the unchallenged pioneer in the use of Mobile Harbour Crane technology on confined and special quays which normally require rail-mounted solutions. At the same time, Gottwald is an innovator in the use of Mobile Harbour Crane technology on Floating cranes for mid-stream transhipment in ports and rivers, or even on the open sea. Therefore, the new Model 4 is available as a Mobile Harbour Crane, a Portal Harbour Crane or in the form of the Floating cranes – Harbour Pontoon Crane or Portal Harbour Crane on barge.
Since Gottwald supplies rail-mounted Mobile Harbour Crane technology in the form of Portal Harbour Cranes, the design of the portals is based on the customer-specific rail gauges, clearance heights and permissible rail loads. On Gottwald Floating Cranes, the tyre-mounted chassis is replaced by a customer-specific barge.
Model 4 is economical, energy-saving and efficient. High-performance diesel-generator sets with outputs of between 750 and 895 kW ensure high working speeds and correspondingly high handling rates. The excellent degree of efficiency and long maintenance intervals minimise fuel and operating costs. And thanks to low exhaust and sound emissions, both ports and the environment benefit twofold.
The conversion to electrical operation without using the diesel-generator set is no problem since Gottwald cranes already use electric drive technology, and the units – bypassing the diesel-generator set – can be operated directly with power from the harbour mains. “It is no wonder that the environmentally-friendly drive system most commonly used in ports brings to the fore its advantages over other systems and is completely state-of-the-art," says Di Lisa.
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